1. <I>Bride:</I> May he kiss me with the kiss of his mouth
  2. <I>Groom to Bride:</I> So much better than wine are your breasts, fragranced with the finest perfumes.
  3. <I>Bride to Groom:</I> Your name is oil that has been poured out; therefore, the maidens have loved you. Draw me forward
  4. <I>Chorus to Bride:</I> We will run after you in the odor of your perfumes
  5. <I>Bride to Chorus:</I> The king has led me into his storerooms
  6. <I>Chorus to Bride:</I> We will exult and rejoice in you, remembering your breasts above wine.
  7. <I>Groom to Bride:</I> The righteous love you
  8. <I>Bride to Chorus:</I> O daughters of Jerusalem: I am black, but shapely, like the tabernacles of Kedar, like the tents of Solomon
  9. Do not be concerned that I am dark, for the sun has changed my color
  10. The sons of my mother have fought against me. They have made me the keeper of the vineyards. My own vineyard I have not kept
  11. <I>Bride to Groom:</I> Reveal to me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture, where you recline at midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of your companions
  12. <I>Groom to Bride:</I> If you yourself do not know, O most beautiful among women, then go out and follow after the steps of the flocks, and pasture your young goats beside the tabernacles of the shepherds
  13. O my love, I have compared you to my company of horsemen against the chariots of Pharaoh
  14. Your cheeks are beautiful, like those of a turtledove. Your neck is like a bejeweled collar
  15. <I>Chorus to Bride:</I> We will fashion for you chains of gold, accented with reddened silver
  16. <I>Bride to Chorus:</I> While the king was taking his rest, my aromatic ointment sent forth its odor
  17. My beloved is a bundle of myrrh to me. He shall abide between my breasts
  18. My beloved is a cluster of Cyprus grapes to me, in the vineyards of Engaddi
  19. <I>Groom to Bride:</I> Behold, you are beautiful, O my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are those of a dove
  20. <I>Bride to Groom:</I> Behold, you are handsome, O my beloved, and graceful. Our bed is flourishing
  21. <I>Groom to Bride:</I> The timbers of our houses are of cedar; our ceilings are of cypress